• We are now running on a new, and hopefully much-improved, server. In addition we are also on new forum software. Any move entails a lot of technical details and I suspect we will encounter a few issues as the new server goes live. Please be patient with us. It will be worth it! :) Please help by posting all issues here.
  • The forum will be down for about an hour this weekend for maintenance. I apologize for the inconvenience.
  • If you are having trouble seeing the forum then you may need to clear your browser's DNS cache. Click here for instructions on how to do that
  • Please review the Forum Rules frequently as we are constantly trying to improve the forum for our members and visitors.

Interesting Pararell

Infidel

Regular Member
Joined
Jul 6, 2008
Messages
269
Location
Mechanicsville, Virginia, USA
imported post

I recived this as an email and thought I would post it for all to read. Has nothing to do with OC'ing.



  interesting parallels

George W.'s War...
By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY



No one likes war. War is a horrific affair, bloody and expensive.20
Sending our men and women into battle to perhaps die or be maimed is an
unconscionable thought.


Yet some wars need to be waged, and someone needs to lead. The
citizenry and Congress are often ambivalent or largely opposed to any
given war. It's up to our leader to convince them. That's why we call
the leader 'Commander in Chief.'

George W.'s war was no different. There was lots of resistance to it.
Many in Congress were vehemently against the idea. The Commander in
Chief had to lobby for legislative approval.

Along with supporters, George W. used the force of his convictions, the
power of his title and every ounce of moral suasion he could muster to
rally support. He had to assure Congress and the public that the war
was morally justified, winnable and affordable. Congress eventually
came around and voted overwhelmingly to wage war.

George W. then lobbied foreign governments for support. But in the
end, only one European nation helped us. The rest of the world sat on
its hands and watched.

Â

After a few quick victories, things started to go bad. There were many
dark days when all the news was discouraging. Casualties began to
mount. It became obvious that our forces were too small. Congress began
to drag its feet about funding the effort.

Many who had voted to support the war just a few years earlier were
beginning to speak against it and accuse the Commander in Chief of
misleading them. Many critics began to call him incompetent, an idiot
and even a liar. Journalists joined the negative chorus with a
vengeance.

As the war entered its fourth year, the public began to grow weary of
the conflict and the casualties. George W.'s popularity plummeted. Yet
through it all, he stood firm, supporting the troops and endorsing the
struggle.

Without his unwavering support, the war would have surely ended, then
and there, in overwhelming and total defeat.

At this darkest of times, he began to make some changes. More troops
were added and trained. Some advisers were shuffled, and new generals
installed.

Then, unexpectedly and gradually, things began to improve. Now it was
the enemy that appeared to be growing weary of the lengthy conflict and
losing support. Victories began to come, and hope returned.

Many critics in Congress and the press said the improvements were just
George W.'s good luck. The progress, they said, would be temporary. He
knew, however, that in warfare good fortune counts.

Then, in the unlikeliest of circumstances and perhaps the most historic
example of military luck, the enemy blundered and was resoundingly
defeated. After six long years of war, the Commander in Chief basked in
a most hard-fought victory.










So on that historic day, Oct. 19, 1781, in a place called Yorktown , a
satisfied George Washington sat upon his beautiful white horse and
accepted the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, effectively ending the
Revolutionary War.

Â
 
Top